Multi-Materials Recovery Facility (MMRF)

Created with an investment of approximately 20 million euros, of which 13.3 million of European funding through the European Regional Development Fund, the Multi-Materials Recovery Facility (MMRF) will improve the waste management capacity of WasteServ Ltd. The processes carried out in this facility are aimed at diverting recoverable materials from landfill, in line with the waste management objectives issued by the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC.
Located in the Ħal Far area of Malta, this facility will process electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), as well as tyres, wood, mattresses, expanded polystyrene and textiles. The collected materials will be segregated, packaged and shipped for export. Each material will be treated and processed separately with the aim of increasing the value of the material for export by maximizing the use of space and efficiency.

In this Design&Build&Operate contract, Bertazzon is the direct contractor of the client Wasteserv in Joint Venture with a local partner and his intervention concerns the construction of the entire roof of the building as well as the supply and commissioning of the various machinery and equipment of the operational part.
In particular, the covering of approximately 6000m2 was created with a carpentry substructure protected with REI60 intumescent paint to support a mixed infill of sandwich panels and polycarbonate.
For the operational part of the plant, Bertazzon supplied, installed and tested:
o N°1 Shredder of wood and mattresses;
o N°1 Plant for the production of tire bales;
o N°1 Machine for eliminating the sidewalls of large tyres;
o N°2 overhead cranes;
o N°10 forklifts including 6 front ones and 4 order pickers
o N°1 System for compacting polystyrene
o N°2 weighbridges
o N°24 fire dampers
o Storage shelving